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Sweet stuff made from purple yams? (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maple syrup

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'sweet stuff' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'from purple yams?' is the wordplay.
'from' is an anagram indicator (from the letters).
'purple'+'yams'='purpleyams'
'purpleyams' with letters rearranged gives 'MAPLE SYRUP'.

'made' is the link.

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(Another definition for maple syrup that I've seen is " Sticky (Canadian?) foodstuff".)

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